Health Directive No. 19 dropped yesterday afternoon and goes into effect one minute after midnight Saturday. Among the changes for restaurants:
- No more stupid 2-hour window to order food
- No more stupid rule that bartenders must wear a face shield when serving customers seated at the bar (although, it is still “recommended”)
- Closing time for restaurants can be as late as 1 AM, with customers allowed to remain as late as 1:30 for the purposes of settling up their tab
- Max people at a table increases from 6 to 8
- No more stupid rule that restaurants have to keep contact tracing information (good, I was getting tired of signing Perjorie T. Roll’s name)
But:
- Groups of people sitting together at a table or a bar must be 6 feet apart from other groups
- No indoor dancing
- No ordering or standing at a bar area
- You still have to wear your mask when not actively eating or drinking
I like it. All the really stupid stuff is gone now. Hopefully, the health department will consider eliminating all the restrictions once we’ve been through four weeks under these.
Happy Thursday! I hope the St. Patrick’s Day hangover, if you have one, isn’t too bad. Due to server issues, it was 1:30 PM yesterday before I got my Wednesday update post online. It has a ton of good stuff, so if you haven’t seen it yet, keep scrolling when you get done with this post.
It’s official: Longshot is coming back in late April or early May.
From the CA: 5 things to know about the historic 100 N. Main building as the Downtown Memphis Commission moves to complete the building’s purchase
Smart City Memphis has a look at what the Paul Young era could mean for the DMC. Young steps into his new role as president of the organization two weeks from today.
Starting Monday, April 5, Cora Pitt will teach an outdoor Pilates-60 class at Marytrs Park the first Monday of every month. Cora is awesome and the class is all-levels, with Cora offering ways to deepen the exercises for those with Pilates experience.
There’s a room attendant job at the Sheraton that is available. Salary.com thinks the job starts at 74K and could pay into six figures. Yeah I’m pretty sure Salary.com is wrong there.
A new building is coming to the long-vacant lot just north of Earnestine & Hazel’s – which, I’ll remind you, reopens to the public this weekend.
The Peabody will host a job fair tomorrow, looking to fill 60 positions.
Teenagers carjacked a Malco Powerhouse employee yesterday afternoon.
I heard distant gunshots around 11:30 last night. Turns out I wasn’t the only one; they were reported on Nextdoor by a Fielder Square resident.
Flash flooding stalled cars on S. Fourth Street yesterday.
Looks like the IRS may delay the tax filing deadline.
Remember to keep scrolling if you haven’t seen Wednesday’s post yet. Back tomorrow with more news.